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George Fox Life, May 1998 George Fox University Archives Digital Commons @ George Fox University George Fox College Life Archives 5-1998 George Fox Life, May 1998 George Fox University Archives Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/gfc_life Recommended Citation George Fox University Archives, "George Fox Life, May 1998" (1998). George Fox College Life. Book 139. http://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/gfc_life/139 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Archives at Digital Commons @ George Fox University. It has been accepted for inclusion in George Fox College Life by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ George Fox University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Legacy of a Leader Cancer Claims Life of President Edward F. Stevens of his office, Stevens helped energize the even controversial action." That approach Ej'dward j dent ofF. GeorgeStevens' Fox15 Universityyears as presi- were George Fox community to a long list of by the institution's leader was later rec clearly historic ones for the institution. achievements. When he became president ognized as critical in taking George Fox Those years ended May 21 when he on July I, 1983, what was then George through severe financial challenges in died in a Portland convalescent center af Fox College had an enrollment of 650 stu the mid-1980s. ter a yearlong battle with a brain tumor dents, a budget of $5.3 million, 42 faculty At the conclusion of Stevens' first that triggered a severe stroke last summer. members, and a traditional program for five years as president, George Fox had T h e " S t e v e n s E r a " undergraduate students. cleared so many hurdles that, for the at George Fox was a Since then, the col first time, the institution made U.S. New.s time of unprecedented lege has, through rapid The End (See LEGACY, page 2) growth in enrollment, growth and a merger, become a university facilities, programs and of an Era Clockwise from top: Ed Stevens' roots in budgets, as a small with an enrollment last Wyoming were evidenced by the cowboy hat and boots he occasionally wore. Commence Christian college grew Edward F. Stevens fall of 2,255—more than four times the 1986 ment was one of Stevens' favorite times. into a leading Christian Stevens joins Mildred Colcord President of enrollment of 549 stu university for the Pacific Patton in a moment of Northwest and the George Fox University dents. The budget is prayer during the dedication of the nation. now more than five I983'I998 times greater—about resurfaced Col At the same time, cord Field track. George Fox has held $28 million. Former U.S. Sen. true to its core values, The University— M a r k H a t fi e l d i s with more graduates than ever aiming to created in 1996 by the merger of Western introduced by Stevens during make an impact for the kingdom of God Evangelical Seminary with George Fox last December's in a challenging world. College—today offers 38 undergraduate midyear gradua- To Stevens, that was the most impor majors and nine graduate degree pro tant purpose of his work. He took pleasure grams. When Stevens took office, there in seeing the institution growing in its ser were about 20 majors and no graduate vice to God. "George Fox—this commu programs. nity—belongs to Christ in a real way," he In his 1991 book marking George said early in his presidency. Fox's 100th anniversary, faculty member With a warm and outgoing personality, Ralph Beebe noted that as president, strong faith, and enthusiasm for the rigors "Stevens was not afraid to take bold. 'Just Call Me Ed' Legacy: George Fox Gro Stevens Combined and Facilities While Staying Warmth, Determination, and Informality During His Tenure at George Fox (Conlinuecl from page I) a specific course of study with no electives. Since then The day after Ed Stevens died, he was re & Work! Report magazine's list of "America's the program's format has been adopted by several other membered in a short campus meeting as leges"—an honor it has now received annually oi a u private colleges and universities in the Northwest. decade. In the fall of 1995, George Fox established a forma] the executive who knew secretaries and In a facully newsletter at the ^ P™" custodians by name, as a forceful leader, fessor emeritus of history, wrote that . comoletionpresence program outside for Oregonthe first borders time by at offering its Boise the degree- Cen and as a decent second baseman in a pick ogniiion factors that brought our college to theter inattention Idaho. completion p un- up Softball game. of so many...relate A long list of new and innovative programs When in college, he was a 5-foot-10 significantly to Ed have been established during the past 14 years Stevens' steward basketball point guard nicknamed "Fast They include "Computers Across the Curricu ship as well as his Eddie" who helped his team into the 1961- lum," which supplies personal computers to all visibility....This new traditional undergraduate students upon 62 NCAA small college final four. He ex pleasant recognition is no fluke, but the enrollment; Juniors Abroad, a university- plained, "We had some talented players, funded international study program for third- but I wasn't one of them. I got by on de result of a dynamic i n s t i t u t i o n ' s m u l t i - year students; the Center for Peace Learning, termination." f a c e t e d s u c c e s s a s established in 1985; and the English Language That's the way he led George Fox— Institute. perceived from the Growth in facilities has also occurred under with grit greased with down-home friend outside, and as liness. He was a back slapper and a hand stimulated by su Stevens' leadership. In 1988 the former Sham- shaker. In public, he spent most of the time perb presidential baugh Library was doubled in size and became the $2.5 million Murdock Learning Resource in the center of the action, greeting people leadership." A 1984 photo of Stevens with his wife, Linda, Among the aca Center. In 1990 and 1991. respectively, Willcuis and swapping stories. and daughters, Cathy (center) and Carla demic majors added (right). and Beebe residence halls opened. The 64-foot His charm could be matched by his in at George Fox under Centennial Tower and car tensity. It was obvious when he meant Stevens' direction were computer infor illon was constructed at the business. Those who worked clo.sely with mation science, video communication, center of the Newberg him knew when he was fighting to control international studies, engineering, for campus "quad." During three summers in the early his temper during meetings, silting silently eign languages, elementary education and art. !990s. Heacock Commons with head down and hands clenched. The first graduate program was added underwent an expansion Whenever a George Fox basketball game in 1990, when the doctoral program in and renovation. In 1994 the was close near the end. he would leave to p.sychology moved from Western Semi Edwards-Holman Science pace the lobby rather than risk exploding. nary in Portland to George Fox. During Center opened, as did a the next several years, master's degree Ed was a fighter to the end. renovated auditorium on programs in leaching, education, busi the third floor of adjoining On the morning of May 19—weeks af ness administration and Christian studies Wood-Mar Hall. In 1995 a ter doctors had admitted there was noth were added. The remaining graduate pro new prayer chapel was ing more they could do for his brain tu grams came when WES became part of Stevens during the early years in his office in built, overlooking tiie Hess mor—his family was informed Ed was the new university. Creek Canyon. Another A whole new concept in undergradu W o o d - M a r H a l l . not expected to live past noon. residence hail. University ate study was set up at George Fox in 1986 and has seen But he did. He refused to any longer be Hall, opened in the fall of 1996. and the former Calder great success. The degree-completion program, the first Center was remodeled and reopened in the fall of 1997 hooked up to the machines of medicine, such program on the West Coast, is designed for adults as the Lemmons Center. A new Plant Services building but he fought on past noon, and the next who already have completed two years of college. The is now under construction on the Newberg campus and noon and the noon after that. Finally, on program has allowed 1,800 people to finish degrees in is to open in July. May 21, death claimed his cancer- management of human resources or management and or The Hampton Plaza building in southwest Portland weakened body. ganizational leadership—while still working—ihrou"h had served as home for WES since 1993 and became the In his previous 15 years, he had used Left to right: Western Evangelical Seminary President David his efficient mix of friendliness and fierce Le Shana and President Stevens in front of the Georse Fox campus during the time WES merged with the college to ness to build the University. It seems like form a university. Stevens takes a .student's order while flin Ed—almost by sheer will—transformed pmg pancakes during a December "Midnight Breakfast" thP week of finals.
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